{"id":9490,"date":"2016-04-19T20:54:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T03:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=9490"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:56:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:56:47","slug":"bipolar-depression-arrives-but-it-doesnt-have-to-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-depression-arrives-but-it-doesnt-have-to-stay\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Depression Arrives, but it Doesn’t Have to Stay!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_7563\"<\/a>Dealing with a bipolar disorder downswing? I guess we have to expect downswings if we have bipolar disorder. Life constantly surprises me. Human nature surprises me. A positive attitude about life keeps me going and it also helps me spot depression.<\/p>\n

– Crying a bit too much over a TV series. <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

– Feeling free floating fear when nothing is wrong. <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

– Waking up at 2:00 AM with no ability to get back to sleep.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All of this reminds me that depression is made up of many symptoms. My goal is to go to bed feeling better than when I woke up. Join me! I’m going to use my plan today – the one in my books- to keep myself stable and happy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Depression arrives, but it doesn’t have to stay. My first step- getting up, getting out and getting things done. I’ll keep you posted.<\/p>\n

What about you? If you’re depressed, what can you do right now to budge your mood towards stability?<\/p>\n

What can we all do to focus on what’s right in the world?<\/p>\n

Julie<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_7563\"<\/a>Dealing with a bipolar disorder downswing? I guess we have to expect downswings if we have bipolar disorder. Life constantly surprises me. Human nature surprises me. A positive attitude about life keeps me going and it also helps me spot depression.<\/p>\n

– Crying a bit too much over a TV series. <\/p>\n

– Feeling free floating fear when nothing is wrong. <\/p>\n

– Waking up at 2:00 AM with no ability to get back to sleep.<\/p>\n

All of this reminds me that depression is made up of many symptoms. My goal is to go to bed feeling better than when I woke up. Join me! I’m going to use my plan today – the one in my books- to keep myself stable and happy. <\/p>\n

Depression arrives, but it doesn’t have to stay. [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11160,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9490\/revisions\/11160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}